Written by: Melanie Cui, Executive Contributor
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So, you may know the principles of manifesting, but you cannot understand why you are not getting anything you are trying to manifest. You may know that we create our reality and understand the laws of attraction and believe that what we think about we attract into our experience. You may have even been practicing these principles, that is when you remember to.
You are repeating affirmations such as my perfect relationship is available and I deserve to have it, my income level is constantly increasing, or I attract abundance into my life. Okay, then, why is that perfect relationship or more abundance not what you're experiencing?
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You may be trying to blame your parents for instilling some limiting belief that money is bad or that there is something spiritual about suffering. It doesn't matter where some of your beliefs come from or how many of them you have. There is a way around this.
You need to focus on the beliefs that do serve you better such as The Universe is full of abundance. The Universe wants to bring my desires to me. You may be feeling unworthy. If you don't think that you deserve to be happy and successful, how can you possibly create that in your life?
Okay, so now you are:
Believing that it IS possible to have all you desire.
You are now feeling worthy. You feel like you have done your part and now you are just waiting for the Universe to fulfill those desires.
There is another little piece here that could perhaps be the missing link. Take action. But wait a minute here you say. I thought that I just have to ask and know that the Universe will supply, and presto! It appears. Not so fast, let’s see how taking action can assist in this process.
Take It In Baby Steps
When you take action, any action, in the direction of your desire, you are showing the Universe that you are serious. It also facilitates the process because you have focused your attention on your action instead of your waiting. This action does not need to be huge earth-shattering stuff. Take it in baby steps, one small action each day can lead to a huge reward down the road. This action can come from a feeling of inspiration, intuition, or even coincidental events. One very important thing to keep in mind when you do take action: be sure to feel good about it, about yourself, and what you want.
How Do I Manifest?
If you are asking the question how do I manifest? Learning to manifest your desires is similar to learning to swim. So how is swimming similar to manifesting? Both manifesting and swimming requires total trust, i.e. letting go. In the case of manifesting, you need to let go of your need to control the outcome and trust that you shall receive that which you seek. It’s called lusting for results, when you lust for results, you are actually pushing away what you want to attract. In the case of swimming, you trust that you will not drown. Everyone who has learned to swim will tell you that fear causes you to sink. Lack of fear allows you to float. And even if you go down it will be temporary and you’ll soon bob back to the surface.
Stop Lusting For Results
Constantly worrying if it's going to happen is lusting for results. It’s like ordering a package from Amazon, you place your order and then go on about your day, you don’t hope the package is coming, you KNOW the package is coming. Take the same approach to your manifesting, when you want to manifest something into your life, set the intention, fuel it with emotion and gratitude, then surrender and trust that it is coming.
Use ALL Your Senses
One powerful thing you can do to supercharge your manifesting power is by immersing ALL your senses in the manifesting process. Let’s say you want to manifest money to buy a house. Instead of focusing on manifesting the money, focus instead on the house you want to manifest.
Sight: How does it look? What type of home is it? Does it have a view that takes your breath away? What color is your kitchen or the walls of your living room?
Smell: What smells are coming out of your kitchen? Can you smell that fresh laundry smell on a cold night as you take a walk? Can you smell the scent of all the flowers growing in your dream garden?
Touch: What does it feel like to take a nice hot bubble bath? Visualize yourself nice and relaxed, feeling the hot water on your skin. What do your couches feel like? Are they leather or something super soft? Feel yourself sinking in comfortably on your couch breathing that sigh of relief as you relax after a stressful day. What does the hardwood floor or carpet feel like under your feet?
Hearing: What do you hear? Do you hear the sounds of a busy city or the tranquility of the ocean? Do you hear birds singing? What type of music are you listing to as you move in and begin to make those first memories?
Taste: Do you taste the coffee you are enjoying in your new kitchen? Or the tase of fresh-baked cookies? What do the fruit and vegetables from your garden taste like right after harvesting them?
The Magic of Music
Get creative, immerse ALL of your senses in the manifesting process and you will achieve them so much faster than numbly repeating a phrase over and over again that we may or may not believe. Throw on some music while you are doing your manifesting/visualization process. It could be any genre, as long as it fuels your soul. Something that brings on strong positive emotions or makes you feel like you just gotta dance.
I find listening to music like this while manifesting/visualizing supercharges the whole process and brings it forth much faster. The music gives you the emotional element that is another essential key to manifesting. Don’t feel ashamed if you end up crying, you SHOULD feel so much joy and happiness at what you are creating that it brings you to tears. That emotion will help your manifestations to become so much more powerful and faster.
Release All Doubts
It is the same with trying to manifest your desires. Accept your desires as already having been fulfilled. If you have any doubts whatsoever, that this is not so, you will fail to attract your desires. You can fool people, but you cannot fool the Universe. Every thought, feeling, or doubt, no matter how slight, vibrates out to the Universe. It’s only when you totally and unequivocally surrender and trust that your desires are as good as having already been delivered, that the manifestation will appear.
The proof of your total trust is when you express your gratitude and already start celebrating, despite your present reality, which may be the exact opposite of what you desire. However, just as it is with swimming, getting to that point doesn’t happen overnight. We first have to let go of our fears which are a product of our past experiences. Until we choose to change and do things differently, we will continue to get the things we’ve always gotten.
Trust & Surrender
In short, the answer to the question, how do I manifest, is to just trust and surrender. Trust that the Universe is supporting you 100% and that you are in full control and fully capable of attracting what you want. Trust that if you follow the laws of attraction (or the laws of the universe) and manifestation, you shall certainly have everything you want.
Trust that just as the water lifts you and lets you float, the Universe shall keep your head above the tides of life, irrespective of how fearful things may seem right now.
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Melanie Cui, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Melanie Cui is the founder of The Divine Ascending Phoenix Academy. She is a Certified Spiritual Coach, Certified Past Life Regression Practitioner, Multiple Reiki Master, Wayshower, mother, activator, and solopreneur. She has a Bachelor’s in Metaphysics and Alternative healing. Melanie coaches and guides the living, the dying, and the dead on how to navigate and accelerate their spiritual awakening.
